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Behavior reduction

Behavior reduction using differential reinforcement and alternative skill acquisition procedures Coby Lund, Ph.D. Behavior reduction. Plans for reducing any behavior should always emphasize the following 2 considerations: What should this person do instead of the target beh?

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Behavior reduction

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  1. Behavior reduction using differential reinforcement and alternativeskill acquisition proceduresCoby Lund, Ph.D.

  2. Behavior reduction Plans for reducing any behavior should always emphasize the following 2 considerations: • What should this person do instead of the target beh? • Why would he/she engage in that alternative beh? FUNCTION

  3. Behavior reduction Emphasis on functions of behavior in applied settings • appropriate: language, social, excesses • inappropriate: tantrums, aggression IT’S ALL BEHAVIOR

  4. Measurement What behaviors to measure? • Behavior reduction (e.g., self-injury, aggression, etc.) • Skill acquisition (e.g., language, attention, cognitive abilities, etc.)

  5. Behavior reduction Why are various and detailed measurements important? • Diagnostics (e.g., antecedents, consequences, times of day, etc.) – useful for developing & adjusting programs • Evaluation (e.g., frequency, intensity, duration) – useful for determining effectiveness of current strategies

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  11. Behavior Management Identifying functions can help you in 3 ways: • Identify antecedents (eliminate or increase?) • Increase antecedents that evoke positive behavior • Decrease antecedents that evoke negative behavior

  12. Behavior Management Identifying functions can help you in 3 ways: • Identify consequences that maintain behavior (eliminate or increase?) • Positive reinforcement: Increase consequences that maintain positive behavior (particularly incompatible behavior). • Extinction: Decrease consequences that maintain negative behavior.

  13. Behavior Management Identifying functions can help you in 3 ways: • Identify and target functionally-equivalent behavior • Teach/reinforce • replacement behavior • (i.e., social skills) • Reinforcement related • to function

  14. Behavior Management Baseline Manding + Ignoring

  15. Behavior Management Increasing behavior • Reinforcement: A consequence that increases the probability of the behavior it follows • Optimum conditions: • Contingent • Immediate • Appropriate to the person

  16. Behavior Management Decreasing behavior • Extinction: Decreasing the probability of a behavior by removing reinforcement for the target behavior • Optimum conditions: • Prepare for extinction “burst” • Use in combination w/ R+ procedure

  17. Behavior Management Decreasing behavior • Differential reinforcement: Provide reinforcement for some behaviors and not for others • DRO: R+ for zero rates of behavior • DRA: R+ for alternative behaviors • DRI: R+ for incompatible behaviors • DRL: R+ for low rates of behavior

  18. Behavior Management • What about punishment? Should not be primary tx strategy Effects diminish when threat decreases Does not teach what you SHOULD do Makes interaction less functional

  19. Reinforcement vs. Bribery Reinforcement: Instruction ➙ Behavior ➙ R+ Bribery: R+ offer ➙ Instruction ➙ Behavior (i.e., “I’ll give you [this] if you do [this].”)

  20. Reinforcement vs. Bribery Avoid using rewards as bribes. • Avoid telling student in advance about the R+ he/she will receive (dangling a carrot).

  21. Reinforcement vs. Bribery Avoid patterns of using rewards as bribes • Do not remind the student of R+ he/she would be getting if disruptive behaviors were not occurring (or will get if disruptive behaviors cease). • Do not offer additional R+ if behaviors escalate in an attempt to calm him/her down.

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